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Reddit mentions of The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
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We found 2 Reddit mentions of The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian. Here are the top ones.
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| Release date | April 2008 |
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Rubicon by Tom Holland is perhaps the most popular of recent histories. It's a very well written history of the fall of the Republic. Holland has a particularly modern style. I recommend it.
Swords Against the Senate covers roughly the same period, but focuses on the influence and actions of the Roman Army during the period. Slightly more "scholarly", but equally interesting, particularly if you have an interest in the Roman military.
Anthony Everritt's much lauded biographies of famous Romans includes the excellent Cicero and Augustus, both of also deal with the autumnal years of the Republic, but obviously in the context of these two great men and the events that they lived through. I think Cicero is perhaps one of the best biographies I've ever read. Everitt also wrote a bio of Hadrain, which I have yet to get to, and the fascinating sounding The Rise of Rome, to be published later this year.
On a more broad scale, there is Robin Lane Fox's best selling The Classical Age, which covers Greek and Roman history from the earliest times to the Fall of the Empire.
Finally, Emperors Don't Die in Bed sounds exactly like what you're looking for. It's not the cheapest book, but it does offer potted biographies of the the most famous Roman Emperors and their down-fall. Fascinating stuff!
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I can't recommend this book enough:
The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox
Also very good:
Oxford History of the Classical World: Greece and the Hellenistic Period
Translations I highly recommend:
Plato's Republic and commentary by Allan Bloom
The Landmark Thucydides by Strassler, Crawley et al.